The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1921, Page 1

“10 TO 3” STREET ml parywaut strat «= @ Ie fi | FEATI) RE THs EDITION “ Circulation Books Open to All?” D in fepn TION VOL. LXII. NO. 21,933—DAILY, mene shay torte ie NE ‘WY o R K, . q URSDAY, DE o EMBER 29, 1921. ee eae A BOOTH TARKINGTON NOVEL Mie | BEGINS TO-DAY’S EVENING WORLD Most Widely Discussed Book of the Year 1921 U.S. RESENTMENT GROWING QVER OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS. OF FRANCE AT CONFERENCE Serious Consequences on the Economic Side Maz~ "esut, as Well as Drawing b. ‘air and United States Nearer Together in the Future. Erratic Action of France Wil! Long Be Felt Here—<Al! Europe Needs Help of Th Country, Which May Be Endangered. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Copyright | 1921).-Fr is riding toward a fall so far © may be expecting the moral. help or support of the United States Government in the working out of nomic problems. | The most far reaching results aro! likely to ensue from the Ha policy of obstruction at the Washington Conference. ‘The disappointment ove: France's attitude on the limitation of submarines is so great that tho strongest kind of talk is heard in of-| ficial circles, the net effect of which is to draw Great Britain and the) United States closer together away from France. The feeling here is that France ts unyielding in her attitude on the building of submarines largely be- cause of the Franco-British friction which has been developing ever since the end of the European war. The move of France in asking for more | submarines is regarded as purely | 8 sh ling what the French claim to ve anti-Freneh tactics in Europe on the part of the British, especially in rela- tion to Near Eastern questions, and « anti-British and as a means of offset- | growing concord as between Bein) T and Germany. But while France is making her gestures i the great game of Euro- | pean diplomacy, hoping to bring Eng- land to terms on Continental matters, | she is forgetting the effect upon the | United States, Unfortunately for | Trance, nebody in here seems to be strong enough to| shape French policy, which is being the delegation | FRANCE’S STAND MAY FORCE ITALY TO JOIN BRITAIN ess Spokesman at Confer- | Sees an Ententé Against France. WASHINGTO. Italy may be forced tente with t Bri France because of the Italian Pre ence Dee. 29. to an en In against rench de- mand for a big submarine flect, the press spokesman for the Halian delegation hinted to- The Italian spokesman inclined to picture France as secking mo tery over Europe, e for armament will be he said, “and there will eneral feeling of/unsettlement and a disposition to wonder why governments are increasing their war forces," British statesmen —_ declared France had made one of the worst “blunders” in her diplomatic his- tory. HYLAN WILL RETAIN ENRIGHT AND COLER, and | DRENNAN, MM, OMALLEY \No Chiara ie Go in \Gonmeteioners Expected When Mayor’s Second Term Begins. It can be announced on high au- | thority that there will be practically no changes In Commissioners when Mayor Hylan begins his second term on Jan, Police Commissioner Enright will be reappointed, and !t can be stated | that he will serve his full term. Markets Commissioner O'Malley, |who was investigated by the Meyer Legislative Committee; Public Wel- fare Commissioner Coler and Fire mapped out in Europe irrespective Commissioner Drennan will be re- of effect upon America, Some ob- servers have suggested that France| is revenging herself for the failure! of the United States to ratify elther the Versailles Treaty or the defensive | treaty between Great Britain, United States and France. Others are say- ing that France is playing for a British guarantee of Frencn security, and that at the proper moment ‘she | will yleld her demand for large arma- ment. But the most important phase of the whole matter, at least so far as (Continued on Second Page.) = Sunday World Classified Advertisements Should Be in The World Office On or Before Friday Order Sunday World Classified Advertising To-Day. The World jappointed. They are singled out be- |cause of rumors to the effect that they will either retire or be retired. There may be two or three changes {n minor offices, perhaps on com-, missions consisting of several mem- bers, but at the present time, so far as can be legrned, the Mayor has no intention of making changes. Rumors to the effect that Police Commissioner Enright will accept reappointment but retire in April or May and assume the head of a pri- | vate detective agency, taking two of his favorites with him, is not re- garded seriously in official quarters at City Hall, David Hirshfield will be reappoint- ed Commissioner of Accounts, passisitas A Becca SLEEPING SICKNESS CURE IS REPORTED CHESTER, England, Dec. (oy mail).—A cure for sleeping sickness has been discovered in Germany, ac- cording to Prof, Newstead of the Liverpool University, who related how a man who had spent some years in Africa went to Liverpool University, where he was found to be suffering from sleeping sickness. The man, along with a young med- jical student, was sent to Germany|} and, said the professor, “he came home within a month completely cured.” The Germans, -he said, had discovered a new drug, which had proved invaluable in the oure of sleeping JUDGE WOULD HAVE STATE BOARD FIX FELON SENTENCES: Rosalsky Also Oe Control Over Criminals for Life | if Need Be. i} e HANDS OUT LONG TERM Convicted Criminals Maximum Sentences Because of Previous Records. Two | Giver | | After sentencing several men to long terms in Sing Sing to-day and sat in Rosal- a should | dismissing the jury which ha jhis court this month, Judge State board and not a judge decide upon the senten: jy @ convicted criminal and that the State should thus control a convicted criminal for life if need be, | “It has been seid that men with | criminal records have been too lightly dealt with in the courts,” he said “But that is not true in this’ court Tn i921 1 sentenced criminals to an aggregate of 284 years and 4 months | “Certain societies were formed in \this city to reform criminals. But of late they have gone far beyond =the limits prescribed in their ine jPoration papers, Thew are now tryiiig ‘to reform the sentences imposed on the criminals, The next thing we'll hear is that they have taken over some of the big hotels like the Wal- dort or the St. Regis to house tho lawbreakers at the expense of the| public, | “Lam in favor of having the State {control = criminal for life if need be; once he has been convicted. |Judge should not say |sha!l spend in prison of a Parole Board appointed by tne Governor, which shall §x the sen- tences of criminals, All penalties, save that for murder, should be wiped out as far as sta- tites are concerned. Let a board con- sult with Judges who have tried the criminals and then fix the sentence after the prisoners have been locked up for a few months, Among the sentences decreed by Judge Rosalsky to-day was that of fifteen years in Sing Sing for Frank Ross, thirty, of No. 64 Rutgers Street, for leading a gang which robbed card tables and players in homes and social clubs. He had a record of six previous convictions and terms in several institutions. On Sept. 4, last, he and his gang robbed Jacob Bloom and other players of $1,200 at the point of revolvers at No. 281 Monroe Street. Judge Rosalsky had given him a month in which to testify against his pals and against Morros August, the chauffeur who drove the thieves’ car, but Ross re- fused to speak. Judge Rosalsky also sentenced Ed- ward Woods, twenty-four, of No. 2155 Fifth Avenue, to from 7 1-2 to 15 years imprisonment for holding up oJseph Fitzpatrick, of No. 2147 Third Avenue, on Nov. 8 and robbing him of $15,84 A YOUTH HELD AS THIEF OF BOYS’ OVERCOATS Over Eighty-five Taken by Ruse During Cold Weather. Twenty-five boys of the Bronx and sixty or more of Brooklyn whose over- coats have been stolen since cold weather came may be cheered to-day by Invitations to go to the Bronx to look at Samuel Reith, a young man of No. 57 Clinton Street, who was held in $2,500 bail by Megistrate Simms in Morrisania court to-day Benny Grabors, nine, of No, 677 Dawson Street, was tricked out of his coat by a stranger on Dec. 17. To-day Benny and his aunt met Reith on Hewitt Place. Benny thought he recog- nized him as the overcoat thief. A boy's, overcoat dropped from under Reith's coat he turned to run, and Benny was ‘sure, Policeman Dugan ht Reith. Magistrate Simms directed the police- man to go to the home of the postman who dellyers mail at the home and get the poatman's | who was recently robbed trick, He {wt istrate's ittle boy by a similar was the first of the youth: te to be summoned, ! T Tapped Tenants. | e to be served | The | what time he! 1 am in favor } 18 FAMILIES SAVED. FROM UPTOWN FIRE BY TWO POLICEMEN Kelly and Saffir Ci Creep Along Narrow Coping to Reach ‘EL EVATOR MEN HEROES: R escue 100 Men and Women by Running Cars Past Burning Loft. Higlteen families were cut off from the stairs by & $30,000 blaze that was not under control until early to-day in the five-story apartment house, Nos, 2432-2434 Eighth Avenue, The fire started on the second floor of the building, which is near 130th Street. Policemen Henry R. Kelly and |Willlam Saffir of West 185th Street | Station were diven back from the! istairs by smoke, and making their | way to the second floor of an adjoin- ing building crept along a narrow coping to the burning building. They then were able to reach and climb the fire escape and kick In win- dows as they went, arousing the ten- ants and later assisting them to the! street. On the third floor were James and Josephine Masselli and their six, children, | On being aroused they were be- |wildered. They were found in the! apartment, the children crying and clinging to their parents. Kelly and, Saffir took them all to the fire escape | Jand then, one by one, handed them lover to other policemen and to fire- | men. Lucy Masselll, five, had her| arms cut by broken class before the | police got her to the street. Some tenants escaped by the roof. Many aged perscns among them were assisted to the street, some having to be carried, Father Quinn of St.| Aloysius'’s Church, nearby, took) charge of some and led them to a drug store, where those who were hysterical were attended. by ambu- lance surgeons. A third alarm brought Chief Ken- lon, who then directed the fight. Traffic In Eighth Avenue was tied up for more than an hour. A fire in the ten-story Reliance Building at No. 32 Union Square East last night overcame three mep and | trapped 100 men and women who | were led ou. by @ watchman and an elevator man. The fire was in a celluloid concern's rooms, second floor. Fumes affected those on floor above, many of whom became hys- terical and wanted to jump, but were restrained by others. The elevator man and watchman ran the cage past | the blazing floor, brioging down a carload each time until the - upper! floors were entirely vacated. Gases from tanks of camphor, linseed o!l and castor oll knocked out a number, three of whom were taken to the street unconscious and there revived. Three men were found unconscious near the elevator shaft on the second | floor and were taken to Bellevue Hos- | pital." They were Danijel Koppele, twenty-eight, of No. 150 Kenmore Avenue; Julius Kauffman, twenty- seven, of No, 22 Mangin Street, and Arthur A. Morse, twenty-seven, of No, 1276 Grant Avenue, all of Brook- lyn, They were able io go home. The damage was $5,000. cas aL |AVIATOR TRIES FOR | WILSON OBSERVES 65TH corte AT CAPITAL HOME | SON : SRTH Somes Former President, photog in Washington yesterday, shows remarkable recovery in health nine months after he gave up the welghty affairs of state, Mr. Wil- son spent the congratulations " day quietly receiv- of his t motoring. ing the friends and late ENDURANCE RECORD An attempt to break the world's | time record for a non-stop airplane flight is being made at Hazelhurst | Field, Mineola, L. 1, Edward Stinson in a J. 14-6 all-metal mono- plane. The record ts 24 hours, 19 minutes and 7 seconds, made In June, 1920, at Villesauvage la Marmogno, France, in a Farman Goliath biplane. | With Stinson in the driver's seat nd Loyd Bertaud beside him cs mechanician and relief pilot, the ma- chine took the alr at 9 o'clock this morning, despite a snowstorm! All arrangements for the flight had been made, and at a conference of th pilots and John M. Larsen, of the L. Aircraft Corporation, it was 4>- cided not to permit the low “ to prevent the start The machine will circle country in the vicinity during the flight. The monoplane is powered with A. B, M. W. 185-horse power motor. The French record- holding machine had two 260-horse power Salmson motors. by over the of Mineola ‘The plane was still aloft a little be- fore 8 o'clock this afternoon. At that time a strong northwest wind was blowing. The weather forecaster pre- dicted gales from that quarter during the night WIN HALF-FARE Chauffeur Caan ’Em and Asks $3, but Meter Reads $1.50 and Row Ensues. Are ten midgets crowded into one taxicab to be considered as ten pas- sengers, or are two to be considered as one full-sized passenger, thereby reducing the umber of fees to five? This was the pussle, equal to al- 10 MIDGETS RIDE AS 5 IN TAXI; | afternoon FIGHT IN COURT most anything Solomon had to tackle, that confronted ‘ Magistrate Corrigan | in Washington Heights Court this, All he hed to go on was that a chauffeur héd to the first halt] of the problem, the second, The point at issue was whether the midgets should pay the chauffeur the transporting (Continued on Beoond on Page.) the ten midgets to| $3 he demanded for | lo | chat —— BANDITS HOLDUP ARESTAURANT ON BROADWAY FLEE Crowd, Sees Pistol Battle in 50-} Mile an Hour Chase by Police in Taxi. IS ROBBE RS! LOOT, Automat Diners, at Revolver] Points, Forced to Stand Up and Throw Up Hands. Harry Loaner, cashier of the Horn & Hardart Automat restaurant in the basement of No, 1441 Alst Street, put $2,000 in the sufe and | ‘ked it at 1 A. M. turned to count between to-day and then | $15 and $18 left out for change. There were eating at the tables twelve or fifteen customers, including four or five women, Three well dressed young men came down tho} stairs, one halting where he could command a view of the street at the head of the stairs and the Interior of the restaurant, The other two walked up to the desk and one asked ghange for a $19 bill, Loaner fteached down and | brought up the sack of silver he had left out for change, and when he | looked up the man had substituted a revolver for the $i0 bill. The bandit standing guard at thr tairs also had drawn a revolver, and 1s he swept the restaurant with it, hy said so all could hear: “Hands up, every d—d ono of you! {Stand up and keep your hands up. All the customers and six em- ployees who were in the restaurant promptly stood up and elevated their | women became | hands, hysterical One of the and flooped down in 's all right, lady,” said the look out at the door, “if you can't stand up, sit down, but keep your hands up. While one of the two robbers at the cashier's desk kept Loaner cov- ered with a revolver, the other went around and scooped up all the change in sight, not more than $18. No ef- fort was made to get into the safe or to rob any of the customers. The only person who started into the restaurant during the stick-up saw the guardian with drawn volverf®and ran down the street unt!) he found Policeman Philip Luts of the West 30th Street Station. The robbers” had run out jumped into a waiting taxicab as the policeman arrived, and the taxi start- ed down Broadway at ® 50-m'le clip. Lutz got on the running board of an- other taxi and ordered the chauffeur to give it all the “gas” he had, The robbers’ car went one block and turned on two whels into 40th Street, then into Seventh Avenue. The streets were well filled with after-theatre crowds, and scores of private cars and taxicabs trailed long in the chase, Every time Lutz thought It safe he fired at the fleeing machine, and the bandits fired back The robbers’ chauffeur soon became wary then and began dodging in and out of dark wide streets, finally escaping. The patrons in the restaurant had to walt an hour, by order of the po- lice, for detectives, and say that all they were told then was to*tell noth- ing about their experience to news- paper reporters, ee as |GERMAN MARKS NOW TOTAL 109,000,000,000 In One Week, Presses Add Fo! and « Half Billion More, BERLIN, Dec, 29.—New currency to the amount of 4,500,000,000 marks was placed tn ciroulation during the third week of December, it 1s shown by tig- ures available to-day. ‘The total currency lasue ls now 109,- 000,000,000 marks. ' Broadway, at} TWO BANK OFFICIALS SLAIN, WATCHMAN AND BANDIT SHOT IN PEARL RIVER BANK HOLDUP Teller and Clerk Shot Down by f'wo Robbers in Absence at Lunch of Co-Workers—Bandits Escape, but Several Posses Countryside. (Special to The VEARL RIVER, N. Y., Dec. {along Central Avenue had noted Otto Muller, watchman at th | | | | | MOVIE ACTRESS REPORTED ELOPED WITH MILLIONAIRE MARY TILES MUNT and | Mary Miles Minter and Thomas E. Dixon Became Engaged at Xmas Party. Mary Miles Minter, motion picture actress, who became engaged wo Thomas £. Dixon, son of the milonatre pencil manufacturer, at a Christmas party in Hollywood, is believed to have eloped with him last night according to re- ports received here to-day. Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, mother of Mise Minter, who left New York yesterday afternoon for California, sald she knew Jer daughter was engaged to Mr, Dixon but did not take the report of her mar- riage seriously, “I saw a letter written by Mary to her grandmother in which she said they were having @ Christmas party and that Mr, Dixon came in late, She them an- nounced that she had promised to marry him, I am sure It was all @ joke,” Neither Miss Minter nor Mr, Dixon could be located In Hollywood last night. She is twenty and considered one yt the moat beautiful ‘of screen ac- treases. Her salary is said to be $100,000 a year. It ts not believed marriage will cause her to give up her work. Mr, Dixon ia twent; even, a Yale graduate, and was a captain of aviation in the war, He and Miss Minter became friends four years ago when he was stationed a camp near San Bernardino, He lives at the Yale Club in New York and left for California three weeks ow President W. A. Serven of the First National Bank and Frederick Hall, ‘cashier, walk together from the bank down past the fence of the Serven lumber yard, a fusillade of revolver shots sounded from the bank naa 7 ¥ siding, started on the run toward the bank. He was struck by a bullet, which had clicked through the window of the bank, and fell headlong. ee | The first persons to reach the bank Are Scouring the Evening World.) 29.—Quarter of an hour after folks it was 12.15 o'clock by observing 2 Dexter Folder Company rail Two men rah out of the bank, mah~ Ing for an automobile in which two men were waiting a hundred | Yards from the entrance. One “of them was hit by a billet fired from | somewhere up the street and fell. The | other dragged him into the autome. bile, which started swiftly and tovk the road which leads to New York City through the Hackensack Valley. found James B. Moore, thirty-five years ol], and Siegfried Butz, his clerk, twenty years old, jlying dead on the floor behind the | counter, There was no one to ¢#l ; the story of the killing. The two women bookkeepers haa left for thely |luncheon before the President and | Cashter. ot The village was thrown into the | wildest confusion as the news flasi nlong the streets There was! |erowd in front of the bank in minutes, In five more minutes, except toe ‘ew women and children, it had mal ed away again. Nearly every in town had run home for fii ‘und had started in his own aut bilee or that of somebody else on search for the thieves or to tel an alarm to neighboring towns cities. ‘The resulting wire coi was such that ali incoming calla shut off for nearly an hour. | {twas wot tor an bas) aaa murders that any one thought to dia- cover whether or not the thieves carried away any of the money, Several of the directors with President Serven ind Mr. and began 2 laborious checking up: the cash in the drawers in tho tw ascertain what loss, if auy, chad been. They were still in at an hour and a» half later and ujt- willing to give out their opinions, }} Firat reports from Pearl River reached Sheriff Merritt at Now City, the County seat, within a few tes after the robbers dashed out Pearl River. He at once set in tion the machinery arranged which the rural communities, G: New York and Jersey City for such emergencies. In every to Rockland County and in all New Jersey, constables and were put on their guard to look four men, one of them wounded, could not account for themselves. Patrols were dispatched from New Jersey border far up the Hi by the State Constabulary, which @ divisional headquarters at Valley, three miles from Pearl Ri An incomplete description of automobile of the bandits was off tained from employees of the Dex Folder Company, who were om streets for the lunch hour. One aid the car carried a New Ji license number, with which he nished the village po sald he saw the oar the teller,